Job Description

We are looking for a temporary full time Band 7 Speech & Language Therapist with children's hospital experience to work for 6 months over the Winter period due to an expected increase in referrals. Evelina London & Royal Brompton Hospital Acute Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy Services are now integrated. We are one service across two sites, most services based at Evelina London. Both hospitals sit within Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust



The hospital provides an extensive range of specialist services for children with rare and complex conditions across the region. The Acute Speech and Language Therapy service supports patients across the age range from neonates to adolescents, on the wards and in specialist tertiary outpatient clinics. Our aim is to assess and manage the dysphagia and communication needs of the patients we work with. We are a large, diverse and supportive team, passionate about what we do. We promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, everyone is welcomed.



The role requires specialist knowledge and skills to work autonomously in paediatric and infant dysphagia and alternative and augmentative communication. On the wards you will share the care of patients to ensure equity and therefore good interpersonal and team-working skills are essential. The focus of your work will be supporting families on the wards. We are looking for someone with brilliant team working skills who takes initiative/ is used to adapting quickly to working in a new role.



The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a highly specialist speech and language therapy service, involving the assessment, diagnosis and management of communication and feeding problems in children with communication and feeding/ swallowing difficulties related to their illness/ disability who may present with a wide range of co-existing aetiologies including neurological, cardiac and airway and, who may require a tracheostomy +/- ventilation. The role may include cross-site working at The Royal Brompton Hospital.



Evelina London Children's Hospital is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital provides an extensive range of specialist services for children with rare and complex conditions across south London, Kent, Surrey, Sussex and further afield. The Acute Speech and Language Therapy service supports patients across the age range from newborns to adolescents, on the wards and in specialist tertiary outpatient clinics. Our aim is to assess and manage the dysphagia and communication needs of the patients we work with. We are a large, diverse and supportive team, passionate about what we do. We promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, everyone is welcomed.

We can offer you:

Varied and interesting work across multiple specialties



A strategically lead service and a supportive team



Regular access to supervision, line management and a continuing professional development programme.



A laptop to ensure access to trust networks throughout your working day.



Access to health and wellbeing support e.g. sports and social club, Cycle to Work scheme, employee assistance, staff psychology



Links with other Speech and Language Therapy services within Evelina London and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust including: The Royal Brompton Hospital, The South Thames Cleft Service, Hearing Implant Service and Children's Community Service



Please see attached Job description and Person Specification for more detailed information regarding this role